LiveJournal

Prologue: Musashi meets the Meme Katas
or how I crashed LiveJournal in 2006

The DEFCON conference was in session in Vegas. They can be a rabid dog if tossed the right bone. And Dominique provided plenty of bone and annoyance (more on that outcome later).

I simply juxtaposed one knowledge domain with another at the right time with the right information. I didn't crash LiveJournal. People at DEFCON did it because I gave them a target and an excuse.
Cue Trump now.

It was mostly an experiment driven by some annoyance, like when I crashed Saleslogix in 2000. I was quite surprised that not only did it work, they crippled LiveJournal for several days.

Those were the Seattle witch days.

Dominique dead, Lady Blue dead, Kendra retreated back to Kansas, Lena retired to a quiet safe place in Oregon, the others scattered to the wind. I destroyed their coven but not exactly on purpose. I also bankrupted the Vogue and Phoenix Underground in Seattle through the same hubris/deadly sins social infection. I don't really understand the mechanism, like Sandow and Shimbo. But give me a little credit, I left the Mercury standing because nobody there ever fucked me, at least not directly.

I didn't bankrupt the Fez in Portland, either, although I admit that the appearance of an apparent dark master may have freaked a few people out. One of the strangest Shimbo-ish experiences in my life. The goth community has an emotional honesty which appeals to me, though. Believe it or not.

So. I confirm your long-held suspicions.
They were already faltering and I gave them a push.
Are you satisfied now?

I came here, now, to change outcomes.
I'm not stopping.
A Seattle redux, perhaps.
And I don't even understand why, really.